What Are Deobandis?

Ashraf ‘Ali Thanwi...

During the days that Thanwi was a teacher at Jami’ al-‘Ulum, Kanpur, some women from the town bought sweets for Fatiha. Thanwi’s students ate all the sweets which resulted in a great ruckus. When Thanwi learned of this, he came and addressed everyone:
Brothers! Wahabis live here. Do not bring anything here for Fatiha and Niyaz [Ashraf al-Sawanih, v.1, p.45].
In another place, he says:
If I had Rs.10,000, I would give wages to everyone. Then people would become Wahabi by themselves [al-Ifadat al-Yawmiya, v.5, p.67].

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi

The followers of Muhammad bin ‘Abdul Wahhab are called ‘Wahabi’. His beliefs were excellent [Fatawa Rashidiya, v.1, p.111].

Manzur Sanbhali

The famous Deobandi debater, editor of al-Furqan wrote:
We also say about ourselves in clear words that we are extremely staunch Wahabis [Sawanih Mawlana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalwi, p.192].
Molwi Muhammad Zakariya

Molwi Sahib! I myself am a bigger Wahabi than you [Sawanih Mawlana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalwi, p.192].